Thursday - March 24, 2016

 at a private home in Ojai 

More Information:

Tango
Lab with Brigitta Winkler: "Intimacy"

The more time we spend with Tango, the more we come to understand
that its near universal reputation for "passion" emerges
from a source that is far deeper and more profound:

Our shared human capacity to reach out, make contact, and then
open together into the larger experience  letting our
edges melt, surrendering to trust, cherishing the rare chance
to reveal and celebrate our most essential selves, one with
the other ...

Another name for this sublime exchange is Intimacy,
and for those of us who make our way in Tango, the dance affords
a boundless opportunity to explore and refine this fundamental
way of our being together.

"We practice awareness  we dance
relationship."

 Brigitta Winkler

In this edition of Tango Lab, Brigitta Winkler will guide
us into a thoughtful investigation of Intimacy,
the elusive exchange of energy and trust that lies deep in the
heart of our most profound and telling experiences with the dance.

Combining her signature blend of innovative exercises with
her startling perspectives on a range of otherwise "familiar"
movements and situations, Brigitta will challenge us to pierce,
unfold and transform what we "know"  showing
how we can use our very own mind/body wisdom to tap into the
emotional wellspring that feeds Tango's ever-widening currents
of possibility, delight and lasting resonance.

With more than 30 years worth of background
+ experience in Tango, the iconic dancer, teacher +
innovator Brigitta Winkler is celebrated world-wide
for her vast knowledge + unparalleled insight into the
form.

Brigitta's two previous visits to Ojai
 in 2014
and 2015
 filled the room with dancers as we delved into
the subtleties of expressive following + effortless
leading, and explored Brigitta's incisive take on vals
...

This year's Tango Lab intensive
with Brigitta promises an even deeper investigation
into the mysteries of Intimacy for a smaller
group of intermediate dancers.

in a private home in Ojai

Pre-Lab:

Tango Lab:

Cost:

$30/ Dancer *
... (= $60 / couple)

* For
this edition of "Tango Lab" ...

 Active Social Dancers

This edition of Tango Lab is aimed at active social
dancers in our local and neighboring communities.

To join us with confidence on Monday evening, you should be
familiar and comfortable with dancing in a closer embrace
 improvising tango in varying floor conditions, to a range
of music, with a variety of partners ...

 Role Balanced

In order to maximize everyone's experience and insure that
we have an equal number of leaders and followers, you are encouraged
to register and attend Tango Lab with a partner.

For single dancers interested in Tango Lab, please let
us know your role, and we will do our best to match you with
an appropriate single partner, if available ...

And while "traditional" gender roles are not a limitation
 women who lead and men who follow are both welcome 
we will plan on keeping to an even number of dancers
so that everyone will have a partner throughout this seminar
...

 Limited Enrollment

Thank you for your understanding that, because of the size
of the room, we will only be able to accommodate a limited number
of dancers for this intimate seminar in a private home with
Brigitta Winkler.

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About Brigitta Winkler

Celebrated as a major figure of the modern Tango Renaissance, Brigitta
Winkler relishes both tradition and innovation, and brings more
than 30 years' experience to the dance floor.

She spent some years in Paris studying with Virulazo, a star of
Tango Argentino. At that time she met Coco Orlando Diaz, and they
began performing together at Les Trottoirs de Buenos Aires in Paris.
In 1986, they toured to Montreal and Toronto.

Brigitta traveled often to Buenos Aires to study with such noted dancers
as Juan Carlos Copes, Antonio Todaro, Pepito Avellaneda, Gustavo Naveira,
and Eduardo Arquimbau. In 1987 she opened Tanzart with Angelika Fischer,
where she hosted Arquimbau's visits to Berlin.

In 1994 Brigitta choreographed and danced in the Tango Marathon in
the Theaterhaus Stuttgart and Tango Vision in the Podewil Berlin. In
1996, she was a co-founder of the influential all-women collective and
performance group Tango Mujer.

These days, Brigitta travels widely and teaches regularly
at major Tango Festivals throughout the United States, Germany,
Italy and Russia, and in 2005 she opened her own Tangocenter
called Phynix Tanzt in Berlin. After US festivals and
workshops earlier this year, she has been spent February +
March teaching and dancing Hawaii, and, following her visit
to Ojai, she will travel to the Bay Area for another series
of workshops before returning to Europe.

Brigitta always brings something new to her classes.
Familiar topics are looked at with a different lens. It always amazes
me on how after being in her classes I can work for months on precisely
those things, feeling them fresh again !

"Brigitta Winkler has deep tango wisdom and irresistible
sparkle. Unique in the tango universe, Brigitta is an inspiring and
playful teacher and a veritable treasure trove of tango fabulousness
accumulated over her 30+ years of devotion to the dance form."

 Sharna Fabiano
 of Tango Mujer, formerly with Tango
Mercurio in Washington, DC,
now in Los Angeles
where she recently earned her MFA in Dance from UCLA. Sharna
and her partner
Isaac Oboka have both taught at Oxygen
Tango.